The Belgian Trade Union Movement is the successor to Het Korrespondentieblad , whose printing had been halted by the outbreak of the First World War. The first issue appeared in December 1918. Initially, it was published biweekly, but later only one issue was published monthly.
The magazine was used for reporting on the internal workings of the SK (Belgian Trade Union Movement (BVV) from 1937 onwards), for disseminating the SK's views on domestic and foreign events and for announcing congresses, etc. In the 1930s, thematic supplements were also added, notably Labour and Law and Youth and the Trade Union Movement . The editorial team included well-known names from the socialist movement, such as Hendrik de Man, Arthur Jauniaux and Joseph Bondas. From the outset, the magazine and its supplements were also produced in French under the names Le Mouvement Syndical Belge, Travail et Droit and La Jeunesse et le Mouvement Syndical . The magazine and its supplements came to an end in May 1940 with the outbreak of the Second World War in Belgium.
The Belgian Trade Union Movement began publishing in December 1918. In 1919, it was originally published biweekly, but in practice, its publication dates were rather irregular. From 1920 onward, it appeared promptly every two weeks until 1927. From 1928 onward, the periodicity was reduced to one issue per month. The series is complete, except for two issues: the February and April 1940 issues are lost, but they still exist in a French-language version in Le Mouvement Syndical Belge .
Arbeid en Recht was published from 1930 onwards. Four issues were printed annually until 1934, and from 1935 onwards this number was increased to six. This series is complete, except for the February 1940 issue. This issue is available in a French version.
The Youth and the Trade Union Movement appeared irregularly from 1933 onwards. This supplement was discontinued prematurely in 1936.
This series is complete. Both "De Belgische Vakbeweging" and its supplements have been made searchable using OCR.
Go to the collection The Belgian Trade Union Movement (1918-1940)
